I did a thing, and it’s still hanging at Science World. You used to be able to see it by pressing your face against the glass but they put up brown kraft paper so you can’t anymore.

I spent two years working on this project and I couldn’t be more proud to have it finally out there for others to see and enjoy. In keeping with Michelle Obama’s idea of ‘you can’t be what you can’t see’, we wanted to show that you can be what you want to be, and there are others that have done it too.

I want to thank WWEST, Lesley Shannon, and Danielle Livengood for working with me on this project. It was truly a labour of love and I also want to thank Steve Pinter who edited the photos.

West Coast Women in Engineering, Science, and Technology (WWEST) is delighted to invite everyone to attend the opening reception of “In Plain Sight” on March 4, 2020, at 6 pm at Science World.

http://www.sfu.ca/wwest/projects/in-plain-sight.html

The exhibition has gone virtual, stay tuned for weekly releases of each subject over the next 7 weeks.

I showed up about 40 minutes early, just in time to see them hang the text alongside the photos and the giant vinyl graphic of ‘In Plain Sight’ in the upper left-hand corner. I was so early I had to convince security that I was the person who took the photos they were hanging. I thought I was going to have to show them my driver’s license. Luckily they let me in.

Here is the text that accompanied the announcement; I can only hope the world settles down again soon so that you can see these images too. I’m writing this as I sit with my legs folded under me in ripped Levi’s, hair in a ponytail, feeling tight chested and weepy with the world outside. It’s raining today and all I am really thinking about is how I am going to get outside and socially distance enough from everyone so I can exercise.

2020 has been an action-packed year so far, for everyone.

Here’s to things getting back to normal for all of us soon, or at least a normal we can get used too.

And here’s to seeing what we can be.